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fraternities
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Fraternity
A
fraternity
(from
Latin
: "
brother
"; ""),
fraternal order
or
fraternal organisation
is an
order
,
organisation
,
society
or a
club
of
men
associated together for various
religious
or
secular
aims. Fraternity in the
Western
concept developed in the
Christian
context, notably with the
religious orders
in the
Catholic Church
during the
middle ages
. A notion eventually further extended with the middle age
guilds
, followed by the early modern formation of
gentlemen's clubs
,
freemasons
,
odd fellows
,
student fraternities
and
fraternal service organisations
. Members are occasionally referred to as a
brother
or - usually in religious context -
Frater
or
Friar
.
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